While there are thousands of historians who accept the historical existence of a Jesus of Nazareth, I believe there about six mythicists... yes, six (or something like that).
That being said, there is no consensus on who Jesus really was or what he actually did, other than his death by crucifixion, which suggests he was charged with a political crime.
More interestingly than the disagreement among modern historians is 1) the lack of concern or knowledge for Jesus' historical life in the early Christian writings, with the exception of Mark's Gospel, which is literary rather than biographical in nature, and 2) the disagreement about who Jesus (or "the Christ) was to the early Christians! And also, 3) the acknowledgment by the Church fathers that Christian theology closely resembled pagan ideas that preceded it.
Considering this, and some other facts, I remain agnostic to the question of Jesus' existence, though I think his character poses a bigger question mark than the insignificant possibility that a person named Jesus inspired a small following and was killed at the hands of the Romans.
That being said, there is no consensus on who Jesus really was or what he actually did, other than his death by crucifixion, which suggests he was charged with a political crime.
More interestingly than the disagreement among modern historians is 1) the lack of concern or knowledge for Jesus' historical life in the early Christian writings, with the exception of Mark's Gospel, which is literary rather than biographical in nature, and 2) the disagreement about who Jesus (or "the Christ) was to the early Christians! And also, 3) the acknowledgment by the Church fathers that Christian theology closely resembled pagan ideas that preceded it.
Considering this, and some other facts, I remain agnostic to the question of Jesus' existence, though I think his character poses a bigger question mark than the insignificant possibility that a person named Jesus inspired a small following and was killed at the hands of the Romans.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
